Robert Douglas

Forenames

Robert AWMM

Surname

Douglas AWMM

Service number

WWI 38133 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of David & Annie DOUGLAS of Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Mangapapa, Gisborne

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Next of kin

David Douglas (father), Post-office, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 38133 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-26 Apr 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 78 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of injuries AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve) AWMM

Son of David Douglas, of Gisborne

CWGC has last unit as New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Next of Kin: Mr D. Douglas, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

16 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM I. G. 21. AWMM

Obituary

Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs David Douglas, of Calthame, Maimata, of the death of their son, Rifleman Robert Douglas, at a military hospital in England on June 16, 1917. Rifleman Douglas was 23 years of age, and joined the 22nd Reinforcements. He was born in the Waimata, and received his primary education at Mangapapa school. After spending two years at the Gisborne High School, he took up sheep-farming as an occupation. A recent letter from him from Sling camp dated May 6, stated that he was then in good health, and the intimation of his death was a great and painful surprise to his parents.

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998325
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/44395/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/44395
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 32
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 78 - The navuan nautilus : being some account of the doings of C, H and J Companies and Details, 22nd Reinforcements N.Z.I.F -- On board ship : 22nd Reinforcements : 1917.